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Most discussions about this topic somehow seem to assume that people enjoy returning stuff. They don’t. It’s effort One of the key unresolved problems in fashion retail remains the crazy, unreliable sizing systems. Just because you are size $X at one brand, doesn’t mean you’re size $X at another. Also, the majority of brands only cater to average body proportions. Slim feet? Tall? Good luck!
Most discussions about this topic somehow seem to assume that people enjoy returning stuff. They don’t. It’s effort One of the key unresolved problems in fashion retail remains the crazy, unreliable sizing systems. Just because you are size $X at one brand, doesn’t mean you’re size $X at another. Also, the majority of brands only cater to average body proportions. Slim feet? Tall? Good luck!
I have noticed more stores giving actual garment measurements on their site (as opposed to a near meaningless size that is several inches off due to vanity sizing!)
Buy it Thursday, wear it Saturday, return it Sunday.
Most discussions about this topic somehow seem to assume that people enjoy returning stuff. They don’t. It’s effort One of the key unresolved problems in fashion retail remains the crazy, unreliable sizing systems. Just because you are size $X at one brand, doesn’t mean you’re size $X at another. Also, the majority of brands only cater to average body proportions. Slim feet? Tall? Good luck!
Honestly, for things that are sized, and how inconsistent sizes can be (even across multiple batches of one product), I would expect businesses to expect returns for wrong sizes.
As an example, I recently purchased a hat from Goorin Bros.. I ordered two sizes, and returned the one did not fit. Doing the return was easy, using the box the hat originally came in. The hat was not cheap, but I expected that.
I'm shocked they lasted this long. It was obviously ripe for abuse. The question is whether brick-and-mortar stores will be able to recover, since that's an advantage they offer.
Good point also about how various online ordering pushed brick-and-mortar beyond recovery; with many such loss-leading and predatory practices.
Most discussions about this topic somehow seem to assume that people enjoy returning stuff. They don’t. It’s effort One of the key unresolved problems in fashion retail remains the crazy, unreliable sizing systems. Just because you are size $X at one brand, doesn’t mean you’re size $X at another. Also, the majority of brands only cater to average body proportions. Slim feet? Tall? Good luck!